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Oslo’s recently renovated Restaurant Schrøder has won lots of attention over the years, not least as the hangout for the main character in Norwegian crime writer Jo Nesbø’s books. This week it grabbed media attention for offering bear meat on its menu, and that’s something animal rights activists couldn’t swallow.
Of all the 357 municipalities in Norway, the country’s new monarch chose to make his first official visit this week to Narvik. King Haakon VIII flew up to the northern city known for its harbour, mountains and strategic location that’s now more important than ever.
Norway’s 89-year-old Queen Sonja was back on the job this week, right after the official mourning period for her husband, the late King Harald V, ended on October 9. She no longer carries the additional title of “Her Majesty,” but will continue to represent the royal family.
Norwegian football players are on a roll. Another of the country’s teams good enough to be playing in the Champions’ League, Bodø/Glimt, beat another top German team, just a day after Stavanger’s Vikings did the same.
Train service in southern Norway was getting back to normal during the weekend, after locomotive engineers and state train operator Vy agreed on a new labour pact. They’d been ordered into mandatory arbitration on Friday.
Norway is known for “caring” for those sentenced to prison instead of simply punishing them. A new prison in downtown Oslo will feature not only individual cells. They’ll all be equipped with private toilets and showers.
Reaction was swift and furious after a state commission handed over its proposals on Thursday for changes in the ethical framework and management of Norway’s huge sovereign wealth fund, known as the Oil Fund. The commission proposed investing in some companies tied to nuclear weapons, and that led to verbal blasts from critics.
Five Norwegians have been charged in an alleged swindle of NATO that’s been unraveling around Europe this week. Those arrested in Bergen are suspected of over-billing for work done on NATO vessels in Norwegian harbours between 2021 and 2025.
A new public health advisory council in Norway is calling for higher taxes and new age limits on the purchase of tobacco products, plus a ban on tax-free sales of tobacco and nicotine products at Norwegian airports. Those are just some of the council’s proposed restrictions to cut back on nicotine use, especially among youth.
Another Norwegian football team has made its mark in the top leagues, and it’s even called Viking. The Stavanger-based team scored three goals against powerhouse Bayern Munchen during their first match in the Champions League, and Bayern Munchen failed to beat them.
After nearly a month of disruption on various train lines in Southern Norway, striking locomotive engineers were ordered into compulsory mediation this week. On Friday they’ll likely have to settle their differences with state-owned train operator Vy.
